My Two Bits: Official State Commemorative Quarter design discussion thread

[YOhio]

I know this will probably end up being a pretty controversial topic, but I'd like to throw it out here for the board to chew on. Quarters are one of my favorite forms of currency and definitely my favorite coin. They're sturdy, useful and easy to keep track of. They're also the most handsome.

A few years ago they began rollout of State Commemorative Quarters and it added to the fun of handling a quarter. Whenever I receive change from a purchase I immediately look to see which state is represented on my quarter. I've come to really like some of the designs. My favorites are probably the most simple. Texas with it's Lone Star on the state outline, the Kansas buffalo, Alaskan bear and Wyoming cowboy. I also like the ones that refer to notorious state residents, like Hellen Keller on Alabama, Lincoln on Illinois and John Muir on California. It's fun to see the ones that scream out slogans, like Live Free or Die on New Hampshire or Forward on Wisconsin. The only one I don't have anything good to say about is Idaho. I don't mean this as trash talk but as a sincere criticism. It's ugly and makes no sense as a commemoration of the great state of Idaho.

Here's a cool site that has all the designs.

[pellegrino]

Utah should have done the beehive instead of the lame golden spike. No Utahn gives a rat's ass about Promontory Summit, but the beehive, now that's something that has meaning for Utahns.

[YOhio]

Utah should have done the beehive instead of the lame golden spike. No Utahn gives a rat's ass about Promontory Summit, but the beehive, now that's something that has meaning for Utahns.

Jon Huntsman made the selection out of these three designs. Not surprising that he'd pick the most lame.

[pellegrino]

yeah, the beehive one is kickass, the snowboarder is pretty lame for a state that had Ski Utah on its license plates for the better part of two decades and those stupid trains are just . . . stupid.

I didn't know that Huntsman chose it, that makes me like him less.

[Applejack]

I firmly believe that the denomination of the coin on which a state appears should correlate with the state's overall value to the union. For instance, Delaware should be a nickel (sorry, DE, just being honest). Under my scheme, numismatists like yourself would enjoy even more hours of discussion than the current system provides.

[pellegrino]

I firmly believe that the denomination of the coin on which a state appears should correlate with the state's overall value to the union. For instance, Delaware should be a nickel (sorry, DE, just being honest). Under my scheme, numismatists like yourself would enjoy even more hours of discussion than the current system provides.

I think you'd be surprised at how much shipping and manufacturing goes on in Delaware.

[Clark Addison]

Whenever I see state quarters I get a little sad. They started putting them out when my son was 5 or 6, and he got really excited about it. For the next few years, whenever we would get quarters, he would get excited and look through them to see what he got. I'd look through all my change, and whenever I brought him home something new, he would be very happy. We got him one of those little displays where he could put them all, and he would track closely which ones he needed, when new ones were coming out, etc.

By the time they finished, he was 15 or 16, and hadn't been interested in a few years. A few months ago, I was in his room looking in his closet for something, and saw the old holder, stacked up on a shelf with his collections of baseball cards, soccer trophies, bottle caps, soda bottles, and other remnants of a childhood that had passed.

There is nothing that I can do now that will make my son as excited as bringing home a New Hampshire quarter did 12 years ago.

Kids growing up sucks.

[UtahDan]

I firmly believe that the denomination of the coin on which a state appears should correlate with the state's overall value to the union. For instance, Delaware should be a nickel (sorry, DE, just being honest). Under my scheme, numismatists like yourself would enjoy even more hours of discussion than the current system provides.

What have you got against Delaware? It has huge value to businesses across the country.

[New Mexican Disaster]

Whenever I see state quarters I get a little sad. They started putting them out when my son was 5 or 6, and he got really excited about it. For the next few years, whenever we would get quarters, he would get excited and look through them to see what he got. I'd look through all my change, and whenever I brought him home something new, he would be very happy. We got him one of those little displays where he could put them all, and he would track closely which ones he needed, when new ones were coming out, etc.

By the time they finished, he was 15 or 16, and hadn't been interested in a few years. A few months ago, I was in his room looking in his closet for something, and saw the old holder, stacked up on a shelf with his collections of baseball cards, soccer trophies, bottle caps, soda bottles, and other remnants of a childhood that had passed.

There is nothing that I can do now that will make my son as excited as bringing home a New Hampshire quarter did 12 years ago.

Kids growing up sucks.

Damn straight.

[il Padrino Ute]

What have you got against Delaware? It has huge value to businesses across the country.

Yep. Incorporation rocks.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Whenever I get quarters I look to see if they are bicentennial or 1978 (the year I entered mortality). If they are I keep them. I have just over $100 of 1978s and just under $100 of bicentennials.

We had a big book we worked to fill up with all the states, it took forever to get the last two and then when we finally got them Captain just ripped all the quarters out and put them in his room. So, yeah that was dumb.

[Babs]

Why aren't the trains symmetric? Also, shouldn't it be 25 bits?

[The_Douger]

Whenever I see state quarters I get a little sad. They started putting them out when my son was 5 or 6, and he got really excited about it. For the next few years, whenever we would get quarters, he would get excited and look through them to see what he got. I'd look through all my change, and whenever I brought him home something new, he would be very happy. We got him one of those little displays where he could put them all, and he would track closely which ones he needed, when new ones were coming out, etc.

By the time they finished, he was 15 or 16, and hadn't been interested in a few years. A few months ago, I was in his room looking in his closet for something, and saw the old holder, stacked up on a shelf with his collections of baseball cards, soccer trophies, bottle caps, soda bottles, and other remnants of a childhood that had passed.

There is nothing that I can do now that will make my son as excited as bringing home a New Hampshire quarter did 12 years ago.

Kids growing up sucks.

I have kids that are 5,3, and 1.

That post kind of made me sad.

I'm doing my best to enjoy them at all their stages. Sometimes it's hard to enjoy it, but when I hear stuff like this, I try to enjoy everything you through when kids are little.

[Babs]

I have kids that are 5,3, and 1.

That post kind of made me sad.

It goes very, very fast.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

It goes very, very fast.

Not when they are crying/screaming.